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| Canterbury Shaker Village |
Take a step back in time... ...experience 200 years of the Shaker way of life. Visit 24 original buildings situated on a rolling hilltop surrounded by open fields, woodlots and ponds. An informative and fascinating guided tour will introduce the customs, inventions, furniture, architecture, and values of this utopian society. Watch crafts being made in the Shaker tradition including oval boxes, brooms, poplarware, and dovetailed totes. Explore the Physician's Botanical garden and three easily accessible nature trails to mill ponds, archeological remains of old mills, and dam sites. The Creamery Restaurant serves lunch daily, brunch Sunday, and candlelight dinner and Tour on Friday and Saturday. Browse through the unique gift shop offering Shaker reproduction furniture, an extensive collection of Shaker books and tapes, and NH handcrafts. For more information about the Canterbury Shaker Village, call (603) 783-9511. |